Summary Information

Title: Earl Wilson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1964

Creator:

• Wilson, Earl, 1907-

Call Number: Micro 800; Disc 151A

Quantity: 16 reels of microfilm (35mm) and 331 disc recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Earl Wilson, a Broadway columnist, writer, and radio commentator, including personal correspondence and letters from readers, newspaper and magazine columns, anecdotes and jokes, other writings and speeches, writings of Rosemary Wilson, photographs, and radio program recordings. Includes Wilson's “It Happened Last Night” columns, 1946-1964; his TV Guide columns, 1955-1957; materials on his 1962 play, Home Cooking; and scattered radio and television scripts. Recordings of The Earl Wilson Show, 1945-1950, and It Happened Last Night feature interviews with actors, actresses, musicians, and other show business personalities. Also in the collection are recordings of Wilson's appearances on other radio programs, and miscellaneous recordings of performers and of political figures including Adlai Stevenson, Anthony Eden, Charles F. Brannan, James Roosevelt, Jr. (1946), John L. Lewis (1940 speech), Tom C. Clark, and Adolf Hitler.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0800

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